Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25

from the price to make It worth ~nne
u remoye II. But rye is much harder
Than wheat, and in bad seasons wal
,an;dlv increase in proportion to the
dner grain. It is worth while TO get.
nnre ICED wheat. This is the only way
70 prevent rye from coming in.
cAsApA THIsTLEs IN MEADOWS.
This Canada thistle, though not easi-
" killed, is yet comparatively easy 70
keep in subsection, provided the sur
faoe IL covered with other vegetation.
A heavy growth of clover or timothy
sill Leave little room for thistles, OK
cent in vacant spaces. Enough VIII
nnsh through to keep the loot ailye'
and as soon as the field is piowed they
will grow with greater yigor than ever
oven on fields where but few before
were TO be seen. Heavily seedin g with
clover or grass is therefore one OF the
host means. moi of destroying thities'
but Of making them as little trouble as
nossible. On a farm fllod with this
Ties the larger part should be eea
heavily, and then the fields one aitef
another be taken in hand and the TINS
Ties in each thoroughly rooted out II
is true a great deal of hay Is hall TINS.
Ties. but this is mainly the farmers
fault, either in not sowing enough grass
and clover seed or in pasturlng these
until they were destroyed. leaving the
thistles to occupy their places.
BITTER MILK FROM WEEDS.
The presence of weeds. and especially
rag weed, in pastures is one reason
why many cows give poor mix ana
butter during and after midsummer.
While the weather is hot and tho poor
animal is tormented by flies she eats
hastily and greedy. not taking the
care to select the more diEcate grass
aun reject that which is coarse and Of
fcnsiye that she does earlier and later
in the season. The most the cow aims
to do is to fill herself rapidly with
grass and weeds. and then lie down in
the shade where flies will be less trouo-
Iesome. II is difficult to make first
class butter in midsummer, and impos-
sible unless the pastures are free from
weeds and the water good. Cows In
their haste to fill up in hot weather
will even eat many weeds with grass
whose bitter taste would at any other
time cause them to reject it. Many
Western farmers went too late into
the diary business. They were long
comparatively free from weeds; but by
the time grain growing became I'M
profitable, their fields were as weedy
as those of Eastern farmers.
GROWING EARLY TOMATOES.
A PENNSYLVANIA grower aims to grow
his tomatoes for market as early as
possible. In the height of the season
they show but very little profit. For
early planting. he sows seeds in Janu-
airy or February in shallow boxes and
forces in the greenhouse. He plants
out as soon as the ground is dry and
warm, usually in May, setting the
plants two feet apsrs. Each plant is
trained % a stake four or five feet high.
1t docs not pay him to grow them with
out stalking. He trims closely at first,
leaving only a few branches for early
fruit. Later he does MOI trim, but sim.
ply ties the vines to the stakes until the
top is reached, when they are allowed
to hang over and fruit until killed by
frost. In training, he makes about
three tyings to a stake, leaving only
the main vine to grow. As the shoots
or .aterals grow, he cuts them back to
one leaf He is convinced that the
finest fruit is produced by leaving suffi.
Gent foliage to protect it from the di-
rect rays of the sun, and at the same
time not so dense as TO exclude ligh,
and air.-American Culirator.